Thomas B.: Please learn to read. It will make things so much easier. I said several times, that we don’t know if he is good or bad. So without that knowledge there is no need to go crazy over losing what you don’t know.Personally I do think the real Lin is closer to an average point, not close to a star player.I’m not losing my mind over an average point.

Again, we do have a lot of evidence that suggests he’ll be good. His college career, his time in the D-league, and his NBA career all suggest he’s a good point guard. Yes, he had some bad games against good teams, but he also had good games against Indiana, Chicago, Dallas, San Antonio, Atlanta and the Lakers-those are all good teams.

DRed:
Thomas, again, you’re arguing that Lin didn’t perform long enough for us to be confident about his ability, but then saying you know he’s not good because of his performance over an even smaller sample of games.It’s a ridiculous argument and you should give it up.

Please learn to read. It will make things so much easier. I said several times, that we don’t know if he is good or bad. So without that knowledge there is no need to go crazy over losing what you don’t know. Personally I do think the real Lin is closer to an average point, not close to a star player. I’m not losing my mind over an average point.

Thomas B.: I can show you thousands that did not. But for the purposes of this discussion, the only one that matters is Lin. So get at me in two years.J.A. Adande says:

“The Knicks had a losing record and their two stars were injured when Lin took over. They had nothing to lose and no one to pull the ball away from him. In Houston there’s Kevin Martin … other than that it’s a bunch of rookies. There’s much more room for Lin to do his thing than if he were playing with Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire and J.R. Smith. When Lin had the show primarily to himself in February he averaged 20.9 points and shot 47 percent. When Anthony and Stoudemire were back full-time in March, Lin’s numbers dropped to 14.6 points per game and 41 percent shooting.”

I’m pretty sure there are a lot of guys who can give us 14.6 points on 41 percent shooting.So losing that really isnt a big deal to me.

I just love how the CAA infatuated press @espn always neglect to mention Lin was playing on an injured knee much of the time when his performance “declined”

]]>By: Brian Croninhttp://KnickerBlogger.Net/i-am-james-l-dolan/#comment-400583
Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:24:18 +0000http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=10144#comment-400583Yeah, we already saw Dolan specifically overrule his GM and his coach in the Melo deal, so why would it be surprising to see him do it here? Of course, as Kevin notes in his piece, it is Dolan’s money, so he really can do whatever he wants. Just that what he wanted to do in this instance hurt his basketball team.
]]>By: bobneptunehttp://KnickerBlogger.Net/i-am-james-l-dolan/#comment-400582
Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:19:08 +0000http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=10144#comment-400582

errkgolub: And I thought I was asinine. I respect your opinion, but I think it is a little naive to say that Dolan trumped all other Knicks executives and stock holders with a say, on the sole argument of “I am angry at Lin and Morey”

Dolan is dumb yes, but that reasoning is just silly.

I guess you were unaware of Dolan’s machinations around the Melo deal, right?